Saturday, April 6, 2013

PAINTING ARTWORK ON AN OLD METAL GARDEN SHED

Ruth is my friend. I was doing some painting for her and she asked if I could do anything with her old metal garden shed out back. I wanted to paint flowers on it and she mentioned hollyhocks because they reminded her of home, back east. So, that's what I painted for her and it really spruced up that little garden shed!

To paint the artwork, I used craft paints like Americana, Ceramcoat, FolkArt and Apple Barrel. They are acrylic and wear very well outdoors.

I recently saw a house and it has painted flowers like this around the foundation going up the side into the siding! It's still winter here in Maine and I thought I want some of their dirt? Where did they get that soil at this time of year to grow those flowers. It was just as pretty and real looking as your shed. Love it...............great job andi thewednesdaybaker

That is so sweet of you! If you will get some of the craft paints from Michael's, you can do your own artwork. Just paint some large flowers with a stem and leaves. Even if you don't think it looks good, I know it will. From a distance, the colors will show up and look very, very nice.

VERY sweet! When I saw the thumbnail at the linky party, I had no idea the flowers themselves were painted- thought some other art project would be revealed....wow, the flowers are ADORABLE! You do awesome work!

Thanks for sharing with us, and it's always great to see creative minds at work. :)

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